5BANONYMOUS5D Frisia Occidentalis

Sale 2417 - Lot 58

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

[ANONYMOUS.] Frisia Occidentalis. Double-page engraved map of West Frisia. 327x415 mm plate size, ample margins; old hand-color in full; map somewhat defective and laid on board obscuring some faults. sold as is. [Netherlands, circa 1576]

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A very intriguing map of West Frisia, seemingly preceding Abraham Ortelius's map of 1579. This map shows more detail than does Ortelius's, and it has one of the most elaborate cartouches that we have seen from a Dutch map of this era.